COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS II
Statistical analysis of information transmission systems. Probability of error, design of receivers for digital transmission through additive white Gaussian noise channels and bandlimited channels. Spread spectrum communication systems. Channel capacity, source and error control coding.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: ( E C E 203 or 330 ), graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Formulate baseband and carrier-modulated waveforms for digital communication including PAM, PSK, QAM and OFDM Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply inner product space concepts and the theory of optimal receivers to map waveforms to signal constellations Audience: Undergraduate 3. Determine performance resulting from sub-optimal receivers Audience: Undergraduate 4. Calculate exact and upper-bounded probability of error of a digital communication system from a signal constellation Audience: Undergraduate 5. Quantify inter-symbol interference in a band-limited digital communication system Audience: Undergraduate 6. Evaluate the performance of a forward error correction code Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Formulate baseband and carrier-modulated waveforms for digital communication including PAM, PSK, QAM and OFDM Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply inner product space concepts and the theory of optimal receivers to map waveforms to signal constellations Audience: Undergraduate 3. Determine performance resulting from sub-optimal receivers Audience: Undergraduate 4. Calculate exact and upper-bounded probability of error of a digital communication system from a signal constellation Audience: Undergraduate 5. Quantify inter-symbol interference in a band-limited digital communication system Audience: Undergraduate 6. Evaluate the performance of a forward error correction code Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027